Olympic gold medalist Hamish Carter has resigned as High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) Campaign Consultant Manager after it was revealed that he had passed on confidential documents from the 2016 Olympic Games campaign debrief.
The Cycling New Zealand review conducted by Michael Heron QC detailed that the leak of information to the media came from a person who had access to former CNZ track sprint coach Anthony Peden's house. That information, in turn, had been provided to the coach in error by an HPSNZ staff member.
Sources told the Herald that Carter was the source of the leak, with one stating it was done "naively".
Today, Carter admitted responsibility and stood down from his role.
"As I told Mr Heron in the Cycling NZ review, I did provide confidential interviews to Mr Peden. I accept full responsibility for that genuine mistake. I want to take this opportunity to sincerely apologise to those athletes and staff affected by my error.